Database Engineer
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Database Engineers in the United States take home an average $77K per year. Career length and the particular city each impact pay for this group, with the former having the largest influence. Medical benefits are awarded to almost all, and a large number earn dental coverage. The majority of workers are highly satisfied with their job. Making up 79 percent of those who took the survey, male Database Engineers greatly outnumber their female counterparts. This overview is based on answers to PayScale's salary questionnaire.

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Popular Skills for Database Engineer

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Survey results suggest that Database Engineers put a wide range of professional skills to use. Most notably, facility with MySQL and PL/SQL are correlated to pay that is significantly above average, leading to increases of 23 percent and 20 percent, respectively. Skills that pay less than market rate include Transact-SQL. For most people, competency in Microsoft SQL Server indicates knowledge of PL/SQL.

Pay by Experience Level for Database Engineer

Median of all compensation (including tips, bonus, and overtime) by years of experience.

Database Engineers generally obtain higher compensation for more plentiful past experience. Workers in their first five years can expect to earn $65K, but people who have been around for five to 10 years earn a noticeably bigger sum of $83K. After one to two decades on the job, professionals can reap plentiful salaries that average out to the six-figure sum of $101K. Folks who have racked up more than 20 years in the field report incomes that aren't that much higher than less experienced individuals' earnings; the veterans make just $123K on average.